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Lindenia iv. 41, t. 163; Williams Orch. Alb. viii. t. 359; Cogn. in 

 Symb. Ant. iv. 181 & in Fl. Bras. Hi. pt. 6, 181, t. 42, /. 2. 

 (PI. 28, f. 10-15.) 



On tree8 ; in fl. Nov.-March ; Manchester, Purdie ! St. Ann, Prior \ 

 J.P. 25, 2015 (partly), Morris ! Syme ! Greenhill Wood, Moore \ Greenwich, 

 Watt 1 Mt. Diabolo, 2300 ft. : Lancaster, 2500 ft. ; Harris ! Fl. Jam. 

 9009. — Cuba, Porto Rico, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Colombia, Venezuela, 

 Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru. 



Plant 6-15 in. high. Pseudobulbs small, slender, 1*5-2-5 cm. 1., 

 4-5 mm. br. ; sheaths triangular-lanceolate, 2 -5-4 -5 cm. 1. Leaf some- 

 what leathery, oblong-elliptical to oblong-ligulate, obtuse, apiculate, 

 5-18 cm. 1., 1-2-3 -8 cm. br. Scape 1-3 dm. 1., much longer than the leaf, 

 simple or occasionally branching, with a few distant adpressed triangular 

 acuminate or obtuse sheaths (4-10 mm. 1.) . Pedicels with ovary 1-1 • 5 cm. 1. 

 Bracts triangular, acute, clasping, 3-4 mm. 1. Flowers bright pink or light 

 crimson, lip ^ in. 1. Sepals concave, 10 mm. 1., lateral connate, oblong, 

 tapering to an obtuse apex, 5-nerved ; median oblong, acuminate, 5-nerved ; 

 spur 13 mm. 1. Petals 7-nerved, obovate-elliptical, abruptly acute, 8-10 

 mm. 1., 5 mm. br. Lip half as long again as the sepals, 15 mm. 1., and 

 nearly as broad, mid- vein forming a wing-like callus in the lower half of 

 the claw. Column 5 mm. 1. 



54. TRICHOPILIA Lindl. 



Epiphytic herbs, pseudobulbs with one leaf. Leaf fleshy, 

 erect, at the base folded upon itself. Scape short, leafless, with 

 few sheaths. Sepals subequal, free, narrow, somewhat erect. 

 Petals somewhat similar to sepals. Lip adnate to base of 

 column, spreading. Clinandrium hooded, large, membranous. 

 Anther within the clinandrium, opercular, incumbent, 1 -celled ; 

 poUinia 2, obovoid-oblong, without appendage, but affixed by a 

 strap-shaped stipes with a small gland. Capsule ovoid-ellipsoidal. 



Species about 27, natives of warmer parts of America, chiefly 

 in Colombia, Central America and Mexico, with two species in 

 the West Indies. 



T. jamaieensis Fawc. & Bendle in Journ. Bot. xlviii. 107 

 (1910). (PI. 29, f. 1-3.) Type in Herb. Mus. Brit. & Jam. Herb. 



On trees ; in fl. Sept. ; Mansfield, near Bath, Harris I Fl. Jam. 7697. 



Plant 6 or 7 in. high. Pseudobulb narrowly cylindrical, scarcely 

 swollen, 1-2 cm. 1., about 2 mm. br. Leaf linear, subterete and tapering 

 above, 11-17 cm. 1., about 4 mm. br. Scape about 2-5 cm. 1.; sheath 

 nearly 2 cm. 1. Bracts elliptical-oblong, acuminate, 10-14 mm. 1., about 

 4 mm. br. Pedicel and ovary 1 cm, 1.; pedicel of fr. -5 cm. 1. Flowers, 

 perianth nearly f in. 1. Sepals 3-nerved, with a few undulating pinnate 

 nerves ; lateral, linear-lanceolate, slightly folded on itself, forming a keel 

 which extends separately as an acute projection beyond the apex, 19 mm. 1., 

 barely 2*5 mm. br. ; median 4-nerved, slightly reticulate-nerved, ligulate, 

 acuminate, 17 mm. 1., 2-5 mm. br. Petals with nerves as in lateral sepals, 

 similar to median sepal, but a little shorter and broader, 16 mm. 1., ^ mm. 

 br. Lip, general outline broadly oval-elliptical, somewhat spoon-shaped, 

 obscurely 3-lobed, apex abruptly acute, saccate below, margin denticulate- 



